Feedly’s a winner! and 5 years of PDXKnitterati means you could be, too

I’ve posted about my angst over Google’s impending shutdown of Reader. I’ve tried several alternatives, and really just wanted something as quick as Google Reader’s titles view for skimming through blogs. Feedly was pretty good, but only offered a titles view in a browser, and I do most of my reading on an iPad. They asked for feedback from Reader refugees, and it sounds a lot of us were looking for this option.

As of this morning, Feedly’s iPhone and iPad apps now have a Title Only view. Talk about responsive! It’s not an April Fool’s joke. I’ve updated my apps and I. Love. It. I’ve played around with it, and it does what I want. I think it may be even better than Reader; I haven’t figured out all the shortcuts yet. You may have issues with Feedly on a computer, because it requires an extension on your browser, but the extension issue doesn’t bother me. Feedly is working on cloning Google Reader’s API, and says that the transition will be seamless when Reader shuts down on July 1. Sounds good to me. Done!

Hmmm, knitting content. I can’t show you what I’m knitting right now. Sometimes design work means nothing to show, for months and months! But it’s spring, I have a new blog reader, and I just realized that I’ve been blogging for five years as of March 17. That went by in a flash! To celebrate, I’d like to share some yarn with you, because that’s what knitters do.

This is Knitted Wit Silky ‘n’ Single, worsted weight, 60% Merino/40% Silk, 220 yards, 100g. I don’t know if this color has a name, I got it from Lorajean’s Community Supported Yarn club last year. It hasn’t told me what it wants to be, but maybe it will tell you!

And this is Three Fates Yarn Eponymous Sock, 2 ply 100% superwash merino, 400 yards, 100g, color Mulch. I chose this rich brown yarn at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival last fall because I had a brown project in mind, but I ended up using a different yarn. I can’t show you that project, either, until later this year, but it turned out just right. But I digress.

Hmmm. Tell me what you think each yarn wants to be, and I’ll do two random drawings to choose the lucky winners. I’ll take comments through next week Monday, April 8. Good luck!

42 responses to “Feedly’s a winner! and 5 years of PDXKnitterati means you could be, too”

For a one-skein-wonder Silky n Single would be wonderful as a cowl, hat, or mittens (I can’t believe you are sharing this with your readers though!) Three Fates of course like to be a beautiful lace shawlette. Since you’re drawing on my birthday, I have a very good feeling I will be picked lol

the knitted wit yarn wants to be a cowl,something like the shelter valley cowl by mary keenan,reminiscent of summer skies over open fields..and the three fates yarn wants to be a painted desert shawl by karen klein,echoing the strata of exposed rock formations.it has been a while since i won any yarn. ;) (did you see the pics i tagged you in on facebook?the cowl is almost finished.i’ll post more when it is completed.the pattern was such a good match with the yarn,that i am so glad i decided not to make socks!)

You have to poke around a bit to find where all the settings are. When I looked on my computer, I could change the sort order to put the oldest first, which I like. A lot of the shortcuts are the same as the ones for Reader.

For the first time in a long time, I’m all caught up on my blog reading!

The teal wants to be a Little York Beret, the brown needs to be Samwise’s Garden socks. I’m still deciding on feed readers, I like the tab options on GR and none of the others seem to have that.
sewsable on Rav

Oh, KnittedWit in that silky single could be a stunning Foliage hat (I’ve done one in a similar handspun and it came out fantastic!). As for such a rich and lovely brown — Nutkin socks are hollering. Or Paul Atwood socks (both are available on Ravelry). I love Stefania’s (Three Fates) yarns!

Thanks for the info on Feedly! I’m also saddened by the loss of Reeder so I’ll definitely check it out.

The silky wants to be a snuggly cowl. No question! The sock yarn should definitely be some cables socks of some kind. OR…combined with some robin’s egg blue for a stripy shawl. …..wandering away to see if any robin’s egg blue yarn is in the stash…..

Congratulations on five years!! Oh the knitted wit is begging to be the Santa Rosa cropped waistcoat by Rowan… Truly begging. And the three fates is pleading to be socks worn with Mary Janes or birkies to show them off! As a reader, I use both flipboard and pulse.

as for the three-fates yarn, if i had that lovely skein in my hands, i’d cast on http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/longjohn-sock these right away! never knit with handspun before, and i’ve been bitten by the sock bug just last month, and am already on my thirdmost pair of wool socks!

Congratulations on your Blogiversary!
The blue is begging to be a soft, fluffy, squishy cowl to bring color to a grey day. The brown needs to become a pair of socks (perhaps Uncle Frank from IGK) to help remember days gone by working in the garden on an early spring morning in Oregon. Fond memories . . . Salam wa sa’aadah from the, already, hot and dusty spring of Kuwait

I think the silk – wool worsted would look lovely in Ysolda Teague’s Snapdragon Tam. The brown sock yarn was easy. Mixed with a cream fingering, it would make a very interesting Linen Weave Boomerang, Stitchnerd’s new design (Can you tell I have pulled out yarn to figure out a color combination for Boomerang?).

Congratulations on five years! I came here from the blogging group on Rav. I’m glad Feedly works for you. I’m still trying to decide what I want to do; I don’t actually use Google Reader, so if the Blogger view of pages I follow with GFC continues, I may stick with that. I do appreciate the review of Feedly. I’m a crocheter, not a knitter, but that yarn is gorgeous. Thank you for the chance to win it and try it out. :)

The lovely Knitted Wit blue yarn wants to mate with a skein of blues and greens that I bought at Stitches in February to make a knockout shawl or hat/scarf combo. Not sure about the brown yet, but give me time…

Hmm. That beautiful Knitted Wit yarn is dying to be a squishy warm cowl, and the Three Fates yarn wishes to be a pair of socks. I was going to mention specific projects, but I got *ahem* distracted by projects that some of your other readers mentioned.

The Knitted Wit yarn really wants to be a cowl. Such a lovely spring color!

I think the 3 Fates sock yarn actually wants to be socks. A simple sock with ribbing and maybe a teeny cable – my goto sock alternates a 2-st rib with a 2×2 cable and I think that’s what this yarn would like to be.

So generous! I think the green wants to be a cowl like the Dovetail Cowl. The Three Fates yarn … hmmm… maybe because it’s been a long Monday, but deep rich and warm looking — Java Socks from Knitty.
Thanks for the chance.